2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology
NRS 383.180 - Prohibited acts; penalties; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 383.170, a person who willfully removes, mutilates, defaces, injures or destroys the cairn or grave of a native Indian is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of $500 for the first offense, or by a fine of not more than $3,000 for a second or subsequent offense, and may be further punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days.

2. A person who fails to notify the Office of the discovery and location of an Indian burial site in violation of NRS 383.170 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of $500 for the first offense, or by a fine of not more than $1,500 for a second or subsequent offense, and may be further punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days.

3. A person who:

(a) Possesses any artifact or human remains taken from the cairn or grave of a native Indian on or after October 1, 1989, in a manner other than that authorized by NRS 383.170;

(b) Publicly displays or exhibits any of the human remains of a native Indian, except during a funeral ceremony; or

(c) Sells any artifact or human remains taken from the cairn or grave of a native Indian,

is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

4. This section does not apply to:

(a) The possession or sale of an artifact:

(1) Discovered in or taken from a location other than the cairn or grave of a native Indian; or

(2) Removed from the cairn or grave of a native Indian by other than human action; or

(b) Action taken by a peace officer in the performance of his or her duties.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 574; A 1993, 929; 1995, 1271; 2013, 983)